13,500+ jewish teens serving the world

**COMMUNITY GRANT FUNDING IS NOW AVAILABLE! See below for more details**

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13,500+ jewish teens serving the world

APRIL 15, 2018

**COMMUNITY GRANT FUNDING IS NOW AVAILABLE! See below for more details**

J-Serve Is The International Day Of Jewish Youth Service.

Since 2005, J-Serve has provided teens with a unique opportunity to band together through service as a united global network committed to fulfilling the Jewish values of gemilut chasidim, acts of loving kindness, tzedakah, just and charitable giving, and tikkum olam, the responsibility to repair the world. Every year, Jewish teens around the world join each other on this special day and throughout the spring to make their community and the world a better place.

J-Serve is a collaborative effort run in partnership with GOOD DEEDS DAY, BBYO, REPAIR THE WORLD, and YSA's GLOBAL YOUTH SERVICE DAY. The initiative is generously underwritten by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and the Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Awards Committee.

**THE J-SERVE 2018 COMMUNITY GRANT APPLICATION IS NOW LIVE!**

CALLING ALL J-SERVERS - it's official:the J-Serve 2018 Grant Application is now live and available to all local Jewish teen service project coordinators!As you look ahead to your community's culminating celebration of Jewish teen service next spring, now is the time to get together with your teen leadership to dig into the planning process. Large and Mid-size Grant Applications must be submitted by October 11, 2017, while Micro Grant Applications will continue to be accepted on a rolling basis while funds remain available. Whether you are a seasoned J-Serve pro or brand new to the network, we welcome all relevant applications from anywhere and everywhere. Don't wait -apply today!

Thank you to all who served for #JSERVE2017! We look forward to J-Serving along with you next year for #JSERVE2018 on Sunday, April 15, 2018.

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across 150+ communities iN 22 countries AROUND THE WORLD

across 150+ communities iN 22 countries AROUND THE WORLD

Are you ready to join the global movement of Jewish teens serving around the world? Follow these simple steps to bring J-Serve to life in your community:

ENGAGE with existing J-Serve projects in your community to see how you can get involved. Check out the list of available projects (see list below) to register today, where applicable; or talk to your local Jewish youth professional for more information. Can’t find a project near you? No worries – what a great opportunity to build your own (see Step #2, below)!

CREATE your own J-Serve project designed to serve whatever cause is most important to you. No teen service is ever too big or too small, so be confident in your vision and seek out support from J-Serve leadership (email rwilliams@bbyo.org) and/or a local Jewish youth professional where needed. If you need financial support to get your project off the ground, you can apply for a J-Serve micro grant of up to $500.

SHARE your basic project information once confirmed by completing the brief survey form included below to get plugged into the broader J-Serve international network! The more we know about your plans, the better we can help support you along the way.

REGISTER your project online to encourage Jewish teens in your area to sign up and share their key information (name, cell, email, grade) in advance for your event! You can create your own online registration form using a free platform like Google Forms or SurveyMonkey, or you can request help from J-Serve by completing a Local Project Registration Request Form.

MARKET your J-Serve event far and wide, through all available channels: use our template resources to create postcards, flyers and posters to post in popular Jewish and secular community centers; drop our email header into a note you can push out to Jewish teens in your community to encourage them to register; change your Facebook profile and cover photos to our J-Serve logos to bring awareness to your program, while tagging J-Serve on Facebook and #JSERVE2018on Twitter and Instagram.

CONTACT prominent local leaders and/or elected officials to invite them to join in your service efforts as part of your local J-Serve project. Customize our Elected Officials Outreach Template for your project, and engage with the key gamechangers in your community as an exciting (and easy!) way to help amplify your event!

CONNECT with the broader J-Serve community by liking the J-Serve Page on Facebook, and be sure to post key photo, video and personal quote highlights directly from your event.

CELEBRATE your success by sharing all your best action photoss, video clips, press coverage and/or teen testimonials on social media (again, tagging J-Serve on Facebook and #JSERVE2018on Twitter and Instagram). Let us help you spread the word about your accomplishments by sharing all of the above with J-Serve International.

Have a J-Serve project idea for your community, but still have questions? Contact Rae Williams, International J-Serve Program Manager, for more info on how to get started and other available support!

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Resources

Resources

Check Out the Latest J-Serve Resources to Support Your Local Project!

Whether you're looking to deepen your Judaic and/or service-learning program or ready to market your J-Serve project far and wide, take a look through our updated resource collection, brought to you by a compilation of many of our leading partner organizations.

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“Since J-Serve is the International Day of Jewish Youth Service, we feel more connected to the projects because we’re all young people ourselves. Through hands-on service projects, we hope to help as much as we can... The best part is we can inspire everyone to continue to serve their communities beyond J-Serve!”